Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 16 > Article 27 > Chapter 4 - Licensure of Personal Services Agencies

• Attorney: includes a counselor or other person authorized to appear and represent a party in an action or special proceeding. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• client: means an individual who has been accepted to receive personal services from a personal services agency. See Indiana Code 16-27-4-1
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• family: means the individual's spouse, child, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, brother, brother-in-law, sister, sister-in-law, aunt, aunt-in-law, uncle, uncle-in-law, niece, and nephew. See Indiana Code 16-27-4-5
• in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• parent personal services agency: means the personal services agency that develops and maintains administrative and fiscal control over a branch office. See Indiana Code 16-27-4-2
• personal representative: means a person who has legal authority to act on behalf of the client with regard to the action to be taken. See Indiana Code 16-27-4-3
• personal services: means :

  Indiana Code 16-27-4-4

• personal services agency: means a person that provides or offers to provide a personal service for compensation, whether through the agency's own employees or by arrangement with another person. See Indiana Code 16-27-4-5
• Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5